Outsiders - Why Difference Is the Future of Civil Rights

Outsiders: Why Difference is the Future of Civil Rights seeks to change the way we think about identity, equality, and discrimination. Rather than concentrating on groups, this ground-breaking book argues that the next wave of civil rights law can change the course of history by focusing on the individual and arguing for the right to personality.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I: Identity


• 1. Discrimination, Old and New


• 2. Unlocking Identity


• 3. Boxes


• Part II: Equality


• 4. Visions of Equality


• 5. Accommodations


• 6. Equality Derby


• Part III: The Future


• 7. Accommodating Difference


• Conclusion

About the author

Zachary Kramer is Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor of Law, and Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.

Summary

Outsiders: Why Difference is the Future of Civil Rights seeks to change the way we think about identity, equality, and discrimination. Rather than concentrating on groups, this ground-breaking book argues that the next wave of civil rights law can change the course of history by focusing on the individual and arguing for the right to personality.

Additional text

A refreshing read, offering a much-needed perspective on the limits and possibilties of law.

Product details

• Authors: Zachary Kramer, Zachary (Professor of Law Kramer
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9780190682743
• ISBN: 978-0-19-068274-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Legal Profession, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Systems of law: civil codes / civil law, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Law & society, Legal skills & practice, Legal skills and practice, Law and society, sociology of law, Civil procedure: law of evidence, Civil codes / Civil law